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you see virginia on there. okay. connecticut. but now, a number of those states are toss ups with democrats leading in several crucial ones including virginia, missouri and also, massachusetts. so, how much of this has to do with mitt romney? "outfront" tonight, dana bash and when races are this tight, it seems like everything must have an effect. whether it be romney's recent 47% remarks on people paying taxes or anything else, right? >> that's certainly the fear among republicans running a lot of these races. that is why with regard to this last controversy over mitt romney's 47% mark, the people who really could have potentially been hurt the most moved very, very fast to distance themselves from mitt romney. the senator from massachusetts. scott brown, who is behind before this. linda mcmahon, the candidate from connecticut and dean heller, the republican senator from nevada. i spoke with him for a fairly long time in the hall of the senate today and he was talking about why he totally disagrees with mitt romney and put it in
you see virginia on there. okay. connecticut. but now, a number of those states are toss ups with democrats leading in several crucial ones including virginia, missouri and also, massachusetts. so, how much of this has to do with mitt romney? "outfront" tonight, dana bash and when races are this tight, it seems like everything must have an effect. whether it be romney's recent 47% remarks on people paying taxes or anything else, right? >> that's certainly the fear among...
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florida and virginia the same. obama 49%, romney 44%. if obama takes those three states, that's it. >> if you look at the national polls post both conventions, there seems to be undeniably the up tick for president. if you look at the poll -- 10% more democrats than republicans. they think it's somewhat out of balance they do acknowledge the president is ahead in ohio. you can see this. the president got some bouts. we can argue over how much. and here's the thing for mitt romney with 50 days left you're going into the last 50 days of the campaign. you can change one state. if you're good, z five points is not so much. but if you have to change four or five points in florida, three points here, two points there, then it gets complicated. he needs a national change in the dynamic which means he needs a very strong debate performance. >> there will be three debates and candy you'll be moderating. do those debates really, really change the final few weeks of a campaign? >> they certainly can. sometimes you see that it's already set. but the
florida and virginia the same. obama 49%, romney 44%. if obama takes those three states, that's it. >> if you look at the national polls post both conventions, there seems to be undeniably the up tick for president. if you look at the poll -- 10% more democrats than republicans. they think it's somewhat out of balance they do acknowledge the president is ahead in ohio. you can see this. the president got some bouts. we can argue over how much. and here's the thing for mitt romney with 50...
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tim kaine is a democratic senate candidate from virginia, also former governor of virginia, and former democratic national committee chair. good to see you, sir. appreciate it. >> hey, erin. good to be back. >> we probably had some people stumped there. this is interesting because i know you said i'm going to be open to a minimum tax, not that you're trying to go for that or plan for that, but you're open to putting that on the negotiating table. >> sure i'd be open to it. look, i'm going to go into the senate and i'm going to be open to good faith proposals of all kinds. my opponent took the grover norquist pledge where he takes all revenue off the table, but i pointed out immediately in that clip that you got to remember that there's kind of a lie being perpetrated that 47% of the people, you know, don't pay taxes, and it's just not true. the poor pay very high tax rates. i used to be the mayor of richmond, and if you look at the total tax burden of a middle class or poor family, they're paying a higher tax rate than mitt romney is, and i pointed that out very pointedly to the audien
tim kaine is a democratic senate candidate from virginia, also former governor of virginia, and former democratic national committee chair. good to see you, sir. appreciate it. >> hey, erin. good to be back. >> we probably had some people stumped there. this is interesting because i know you said i'm going to be open to a minimum tax, not that you're trying to go for that or plan for that, but you're open to putting that on the negotiating table. >> sure i'd be open to it....
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then i give you virginia, "washington post" 52% for barack obama, 44% for mitt romney. and that's not the only swing state where we see the president pull ahead. that's got to be terrifying. >> the tragedy of the situation, here is a man who is a competent, capable manager, who has been good at everything, a successful governor. the author of the first universal health care coverage provision in the nation. a person who has demonstrated through his charity and personal life he has a good and generous heart. and he has been pushed and pushed by an angry base into sounding not like the person he is, but into sounding like some class warrior in reverse. and that statement he made to that fund-raiser, that was something that expressed not just his personal idiosyncratic view. what he's saying there, that's the daily talk of talk radio and the washington think tanks and "wall street journal" editorial page. all of the people who hated him, tried to stop him from being the nominee. and at this -- he's got the job. he's got the nomination. and he needs to talk to america, he m
then i give you virginia, "washington post" 52% for barack obama, 44% for mitt romney. and that's not the only swing state where we see the president pull ahead. that's got to be terrifying. >> the tragedy of the situation, here is a man who is a competent, capable manager, who has been good at everything, a successful governor. the author of the first universal health care coverage provision in the nation. a person who has demonstrated through his charity and personal life he...
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increasing in number and could be crucial in key battleground states like florida, north carolina, virginia, colorado and nevada. it is a must for president obama to energize hispanic voters, inspire them to go out to the polls so that he can maintain that lead that he has in the polls over mitt romney, wolf. as you know, back in 2004, george w. bush, then the incumbent, did uncharacteristically well with hispanics for a republican and that was key to keeping him in the white house. >> certainly was. thanks very much, brianna keilar, over at the white house. >>> serious deadly civil war, up close, rare reporting from inside the capital of damascus. our own nic robertson was there. >>> plus, disturbing new details of the deadly attack that killed the united states ambassador. we're going to get them straight. the new information coming in from libya's prime minister. all? droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while learning your voice ? launch cab4me. droid does. keep left at the fork. does it do turn-by-turn navigation ? droid does. with verizon, america's largest 4g lte network, and
increasing in number and could be crucial in key battleground states like florida, north carolina, virginia, colorado and nevada. it is a must for president obama to energize hispanic voters, inspire them to go out to the polls so that he can maintain that lead that he has in the polls over mitt romney, wolf. as you know, back in 2004, george w. bush, then the incumbent, did uncharacteristically well with hispanics for a republican and that was key to keeping him in the white house. >>...
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we just got an announcement yesterday, 1200 coal jobs in virginia, west virginia, surrounding area gone, mainly because of obama regulations. and so, this is his idea. it's a detailed plan of five items that he thinks he can get done that will get people back to work. 43 million people unemployed is not acceptable. >> when you go through the details, though, i think a lot of people who are on both the left and the right frankly are critical of a lack of specifics. let's walk through some of these. he says in this five-point plan it requires spending cuts of approximately $500 billion per year in 2016, assuming robust economic recovery, 4% annual growth, and the reverse -- reversal of the obama era defense cuts, which he calls irresponsible. but when you add up what follows on the romney website, it doesn't come anywhere close to $500 billion. and i'm wondering where do you see the specific money coming from? i mean give me the details outside of just supporting students or helping students. what will you cut? paul ryan, as you well know, in his budget said he was going to cut income sec
we just got an announcement yesterday, 1200 coal jobs in virginia, west virginia, surrounding area gone, mainly because of obama regulations. and so, this is his idea. it's a detailed plan of five items that he thinks he can get done that will get people back to work. 43 million people unemployed is not acceptable. >> when you go through the details, though, i think a lot of people who are on both the left and the right frankly are critical of a lack of specifics. let's walk through some...
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virginia, virginia, virginia. pretty important place. >> that's right. a rare visit to washington for me. but it's good to be home, wolf. all politics is local. so it was no surprise to hear both candidates hit on national security themes today in their speeches in virginia. but the state is much bigger than that. it's really a republican firewall for mitt romney. in battleground virginia, both president obama and mitt romney pulled out the heavy artillery before a group of veterans, romney slammed the president for the massive defense cuts part of the fiscal cliff coming at the end of the year. >> it is still a troubled and dangerous world. and the idea of cutting our military commitment by a trillion dollars over this decade is unthinkable. and devastating. and when i become president of the united states, we will stop it. i will not cut our commitment to our military. >> the president once again blasted romney's hidden camera comments on the 47% of americans he dubbed victims of government dependence. >> i don't think we can get very far with leaders
virginia, virginia, virginia. pretty important place. >> that's right. a rare visit to washington for me. but it's good to be home, wolf. all politics is local. so it was no surprise to hear both candidates hit on national security themes today in their speeches in virginia. but the state is much bigger than that. it's really a republican firewall for mitt romney. in battleground virginia, both president obama and mitt romney pulled out the heavy artillery before a group of veterans,...
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barack obama won virginia by 7 and i won by 18 the next year. the independent voters make up their mind of ten times near the end. mitt romney has to continue to focus what he started this campaign about six months ago that we can do a lot better. the president has trial ed, his policies have failed. you can't have gas prices doubling and all of this high level of people on food stamps and call that a success for the middle class. he has to make it clear why the presidency is going to make it for the middle class. and i think the debates are going to be more important. i think we are going to have financial parody down the road. we got crushed on spending and i think we have a descent chance to win. it is margin of error and things can change. >> i think the independent voter haven't made up your mind yet. >> it is a long way to go yet and mitt romney will have the fire power if he can stop committing gaffes. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> and here to argue the other side is top democrat. the former governor of meichiga and current host o
barack obama won virginia by 7 and i won by 18 the next year. the independent voters make up their mind of ten times near the end. mitt romney has to continue to focus what he started this campaign about six months ago that we can do a lot better. the president has trial ed, his policies have failed. you can't have gas prices doubling and all of this high level of people on food stamps and call that a success for the middle class. he has to make it clear why the presidency is going to make it...
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cnn political editor paul steinhauser is in virginia beach, virginia, where it is shaping up to be a close race. so, paul, tell us what that means for the candidates' travel schedules. >> reporter: that means you're going to see them over and over and over here in virginia. randi, mitt romney, this is his seventh trip to virginia since the general elections started. remember, where did he announce his running mate, paul ryan, last month? not far from here. i'm in virginia beach and he made the announcement close by in norfolk. president obama's been here seven times, seven trips since the start of the general election. and when he had his first rallies, they were in ohio and here in virginia. just shows how important the state is, both sides spending a lot of money on ads, too. check out this new ad by mitt mitt that started running here this morning, one of three running in virginia. this deals with the defense industry jobs and military jobs. a lot of those kinds of jobs here in norfolk and virginia beach. randi, i'm here at the military aviation museum. you can see off to the righ
cnn political editor paul steinhauser is in virginia beach, virginia, where it is shaping up to be a close race. so, paul, tell us what that means for the candidates' travel schedules. >> reporter: that means you're going to see them over and over and over here in virginia. randi, mitt romney, this is his seventh trip to virginia since the general elections started. remember, where did he announce his running mate, paul ryan, last month? not far from here. i'm in virginia beach and he...
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president obama heading to virginia beach as he tries to keep virginia out of reach for romney. >> reporter: in virginia beach, president obama tailored his latest attack on mitt romney to the military voters here as he hit his opponent for his recent comments that 37% of americans who don't pay income taxes see themselves as victims. >> i travel a lot around this country and i don't immediate meet a lot of victims. i see a lot of veterans who have served this country with bravery and distinction and i see soldiers who defend our freedom every single day and i see those military families who are wondering whether their loved ones are going to come back home safe and sound. that's who i see. >> reporter: active duty military and combat zones do not pay federal income tax and veterans do not pay income tax on their benefits, hammering that theme, jim webb a veteran and father. >> but in receiving veterans benefits, they are not takers. they are givers in the ultimate sense of the world. thank you. >> you might not be able to tell by the supportive crowd of thousands here, but this part of the
president obama heading to virginia beach as he tries to keep virginia out of reach for romney. >> reporter: in virginia beach, president obama tailored his latest attack on mitt romney to the military voters here as he hit his opponent for his recent comments that 37% of americans who don't pay income taxes see themselves as victims. >> i travel a lot around this country and i don't immediate meet a lot of victims. i see a lot of veterans who have served this country with bravery...
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in virginia, maryland storms knocked out power for thousands of customers. >>> it was a day that transformed the nation and the lives of thousands of first responders now fighting for medical help. don't you love me? i'm a robot. i know. i know you're a robot! but there's more in you than just circuits and wires! uhhh. (cries) a machine can't give you what a person can. that's why ally has knowledgeable people there for you, night and day. ally bank. your money needs an ally. oh, we call it the bundler. let's say you need home and autinsurance. you give us your information once, online... [ whirring and beeping ] [ ding! ] and we give you a discount on both. sort of like two in one. how did you guys think of that? it just came to us. what? bundling and saving made easy. now, that's progressive. call or click today. from tests like this. ♪ and even more from real families who use them like this. we think there's another test to consider. it's based on one simple question. after living with your van, would you buy it again? more town & country owners do than the owners of any other minivan.
in virginia, maryland storms knocked out power for thousands of customers. >>> it was a day that transformed the nation and the lives of thousands of first responders now fighting for medical help. don't you love me? i'm a robot. i know. i know you're a robot! but there's more in you than just circuits and wires! uhhh. (cries) a machine can't give you what a person can. that's why ally has knowledgeable people there for you, night and day. ally bank. your money needs an ally. oh, we...
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he's also in virginia, expected to speak in virginia beach moments from now. you see the podium there. virginia, a very important swing state. 13 electoral votes in that state. the recent polls now showing that president obama is slightly, slightly ahead of romney in the state. the last cnn poll of polls for virginia, he was leading 50% to romney's 44%. you might recall back in 2008 president obama won virginia and became the first democrat since 1964, lyndon johnson to actually win that state and that was significant. i'll bring in jim acosta who is traveling with mitt romney. he's at the event talking a little bit about the message we heard from mitt romney. clearly it's important for him to reach the working class. that came in some of the comments he made regarding trade with china. what does he need to do? what does his team think they need to do to make sure he holds on to virginia? >> reporter: suzanne, as you know, all politics is local. virginia is a big military state. no surprise mitt romney would come to this crowd of veterans here to talk about de
he's also in virginia, expected to speak in virginia beach moments from now. you see the podium there. virginia, a very important swing state. 13 electoral votes in that state. the recent polls now showing that president obama is slightly, slightly ahead of romney in the state. the last cnn poll of polls for virginia, he was leading 50% to romney's 44%. you might recall back in 2008 president obama won virginia and became the first democrat since 1964, lyndon johnson to actually win that state...
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discover vibrant maturity and more at purinaone.com. >>> i want to take you live to fairfax, virginia, where governor romney is now speaking to a crowd at a campaign event in that city. of course we were waiting to find out if he would address these criticisms and the volleys of criticisms back and forth between him and the obama administration about the united states' reaction to the violence we're seeing overseas and the killing of our u.s. ambassador and three others. let's listen. >> i want you to know things are going to get a lot better but i also recognize that we're in mourning, we've lost four of our diplomats across the world. we're thinking about their families and those they have left behind. what a tragedy to lose such a wonderful -- wonderful people that have been so wonderful and appreciate their service for the country. [ crowd chanting usa, usa ] >> and so i would offer a moment of silence, but one gentleman doesn't want to be silent so we're going to keep on going. let me talk about something else and that is today we saw the headlines in "usa today" and they said th
discover vibrant maturity and more at purinaone.com. >>> i want to take you live to fairfax, virginia, where governor romney is now speaking to a crowd at a campaign event in that city. of course we were waiting to find out if he would address these criticisms and the volleys of criticisms back and forth between him and the obama administration about the united states' reaction to the violence we're seeing overseas and the killing of our u.s. ambassador and three others. let's listen....
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the minute that war ended was joyous there at virginia beach. the bells rang. barbara and i went off to church to count our blessings. and great excitement along the streets of virginia beach and all over the country. but then it shifted immediately and i went off to yale, to which i had been accepted before i went into the service and they just left that open so i could go back. i'm not sure i really did ever ask her to marry me. it was in kennebunkport. she claimed it happened on the wall. we have a wall running along the ocean into our house on the left side of the driveway and they maintains office that very wall that i asked her to marry me. i don't remember it but it just happened. i mean, we announced owner engagement in the fall of '42, i guess. the wedding was a traditional church wedding in a presbyterian church and she was a beautiful bride and a lot of family around. even though it was war time. we went off on a honeymoon, to sea eyelid, georgia. it was supposed to be a warm trip but it was colder than hell. a traditional trip in those days. i was l
the minute that war ended was joyous there at virginia beach. the bells rang. barbara and i went off to church to count our blessings. and great excitement along the streets of virginia beach and all over the country. but then it shifted immediately and i went off to yale, to which i had been accepted before i went into the service and they just left that open so i could go back. i'm not sure i really did ever ask her to marry me. it was in kennebunkport. she claimed it happened on the wall. we...
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this painting sold for $7 at a west virginia flea market. it was supposed to be sold to the highest bidder tomorrow, but the auction's been canceled and now the fbi is in on the case. our brian todd explains. >> wolf, this is the sadie may room of the baltimore art. she was a well-known donor, a patron of the arts in baltimore. she lent a painting to this museum many decades ago. in 1951 that painting was stolen from this museum, the circumstances around that are not clear. but it made its way somehow from 1951 to a flea market in west virginia a couple of years ago where it was sold for $7 where it was actually bought at a flea market with just some other kind of trin kwets in a box. it is worth up to or possibly over $100,000. and we're here with the director of the baltimore museum of art. can you tell us how you think it made its way from being stolen here in 1951 to being sold in west virginia at a flea market. >> it's a bigamist ri. of course we may never know the course of the painting. we didn't have computers, we didn't have digital
this painting sold for $7 at a west virginia flea market. it was supposed to be sold to the highest bidder tomorrow, but the auction's been canceled and now the fbi is in on the case. our brian todd explains. >> wolf, this is the sadie may room of the baltimore art. she was a well-known donor, a patron of the arts in baltimore. she lent a painting to this museum many decades ago. in 1951 that painting was stolen from this museum, the circumstances around that are not clear. but it made...
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i can tell you that the independent voters in virginia just want results. they don't don't care about the party politics, but they want to know who has the best ideas of military and spending and i think that mitt romney will make a case in the end, but in the close vote i think that romney wins in the end of the day in virginia. >> my, what optimism. the last two weeks have been a di s disaster as far as the republicans have been concerned. >> well, we have had better weeks. >> you have to be twitchy that if this carries on, barack obama won't win in a close race, but a comfortable margin if it carries on so this campaign has to regroup and refocus and do something sharpish doesn't it? >> well, i'm not nearly that pessimistic at all. obama won virginia by seven and i won by 18 the next year so that the independent voters really make up their mind oftentimes right near the end. i don't think that the more mitt romney, and i think that i agree with you on this that mitt romney has to continue to focus on what he started the campaign with six months ago in ea
i can tell you that the independent voters in virginia just want results. they don't don't care about the party politics, but they want to know who has the best ideas of military and spending and i think that mitt romney will make a case in the end, but in the close vote i think that romney wins in the end of the day in virginia. >> my, what optimism. the last two weeks have been a di s disaster as far as the republicans have been concerned. >> well, we have had better weeks....
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an auction house in alexandria, virginia, where it's being kept now. what happened between high-end heist and flee market haggle over 60 years is virtually unknown. >> how tough is it to piece together how it might have made that journey? >> i think people feel a famous painting ought to be very clear, but life has so many twists and turns and it has friendships and deaths and divorces and all kinds of chaos moving, you know, changing of occupation, it's very hard to speculate what are the circumstances would cause the painting to change hands. >> reporter: records of artworks were not digatized and tracked then with the sophistication used now. the fbi is investigating that trail, authorities and probably lawyers will also have to determine whether the painting is rightfully the property of the woman who bautd it for $7 or the museum or the insurer who paid out the claim. right now, it's not clear who that insurer was either. what would sadie may say about this whole situation? >> sadie may was a pretty extraordinary woman. i'm sure she would be amuse
an auction house in alexandria, virginia, where it's being kept now. what happened between high-end heist and flee market haggle over 60 years is virtually unknown. >> how tough is it to piece together how it might have made that journey? >> i think people feel a famous painting ought to be very clear, but life has so many twists and turns and it has friendships and deaths and divorces and all kinds of chaos moving, you know, changing of occupation, it's very hard to speculate what...
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. >> we've got one of the best ground games here in virginia. we registered and made contact with over 300,000 people just in the last week. 150,000 just last weekend alone. >> hi, is your voter registration up to date. >> reporter: a few days later we caught up with obama supporters in herndon, west virginia, registering voters at a nearby visit. >> what i try to do is go where the folks are, barber shops, beauty parlors, libraries, back to school night. where did you live before? >> alexandria. >> you would need to reregister to vote. >> reporter: campaigns say it's also important that voters know what to bring to the poll ts. virginia like most states requires voters to present identification to vote. while virginia doesn't mandate a photo i.d., laws in about a dozen states do. several more face court challenges. the laws supporters say is to prevent voter fraud. >> whoever wins the next upcoming presidential race, i want everyone to say, yep, they won and there's no doubt about that person's mandate because of questions over the election pro
. >> we've got one of the best ground games here in virginia. we registered and made contact with over 300,000 people just in the last week. 150,000 just last weekend alone. >> hi, is your voter registration up to date. >> reporter: a few days later we caught up with obama supporters in herndon, west virginia, registering voters at a nearby visit. >> what i try to do is go where the folks are, barber shops, beauty parlors, libraries, back to school night. where did you...
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five points in new hampshire and two in virginia. although i wanted to highlight the virginia one. there had been other polls to show that gap wider. this would be a much better than expected result than some of the others we've seen. this week -- has not been kind to the republican candidate as polls have shown him falling behind the president. but he is not showing any change in confidence. >> i've got a little secret here and that is that obama campaign thinks that pennsylvania is in their pocket. they don't need to worry about it. and you're right and they're wrong. we're going to win pennsylvania. we're going to take the white house. >> he's going to have to overcome a big deficit to do it, but people do like a comeback kid. max, jen, the obama campaign press secretary. two very different problems. one, you don't want to get complacent and two, you don't want to get too far behind. matt, mitt romney was in pennsylvania today. obviously, the poll of polls that we have here show him behind ten points. i know he had a fund-raiser in that state. is he really trying to win pennsylv
five points in new hampshire and two in virginia. although i wanted to highlight the virginia one. there had been other polls to show that gap wider. this would be a much better than expected result than some of the others we've seen. this week -- has not been kind to the republican candidate as polls have shown him falling behind the president. but he is not showing any change in confidence. >> i've got a little secret here and that is that obama campaign thinks that pennsylvania is in...
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virginia, another important state that the president won four years ago, mitt romney would like to grab back, he's down by 6 points in our average. wisconsin, where paul ryan is from, down by 9 points. mitt romney was interviewed last night. listen to what he said. >> you are slipping in the polls at this moment. at love republicans are concerned about this campaign. you bill yourself as a turn around artist. how are you going to turn this campaign around? >> actually, we're tied in the poll. we're all within the margin of error. we bounce around week to week, day to day. there are some days we're up, some dags woor down. we go forward with my message that this is a time to reinvigorate the american economy, not by expanding government and raising taxes on people but instead by making sure government encourages entrepreneurship, innovation, and gets the private sector hiring again. >> polls are a snapshot of how people feel right now. we have six and a half weeks until the election. those debates could definitely move the needle. randi? >> no question about that. paul, thank you very mu
virginia, another important state that the president won four years ago, mitt romney would like to grab back, he's down by 6 points in our average. wisconsin, where paul ryan is from, down by 9 points. mitt romney was interviewed last night. listen to what he said. >> you are slipping in the polls at this moment. at love republicans are concerned about this campaign. you bill yourself as a turn around artist. how are you going to turn this campaign around? >> actually, we're tied in...
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i saw last friday or saturday we had 1% in virginia. now, how do we lose all that points in a few days? and i see we're up a point in florida today. you have to look at the polls. they're looking at what happened back in 2008 and how many democrats came out and voted. that's the basis of what they're doing. so they're overpolling democrats, overwhelmingly. these polls are just part and parcel of the campaign for barack obama to help him stay in this game as long as possible. i think millions of americans -- >> did you say the polls are part and parcel? >> when you deliberately overpoll democrats so that you sway those numbers so that you skew them, i mean, there's a cnn poll last week we won in the poll the independents by 14%. and we won republicans by 98%. and sohow the cnn poll had us losing by six. you and i both know if we win 14% of independents we're going to have a mighty good day. so what is that about? it's a deliberate attempt to make it look like barack obama is strong helping his fund raising ability -- >> that's a strong s
i saw last friday or saturday we had 1% in virginia. now, how do we lose all that points in a few days? and i see we're up a point in florida today. you have to look at the polls. they're looking at what happened back in 2008 and how many democrats came out and voted. that's the basis of what they're doing. so they're overpolling democrats, overwhelmingly. these polls are just part and parcel of the campaign for barack obama to help him stay in this game as long as possible. i think millions of...
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there are downscale white voters, critical to the republican coalition in places like west virginia, in places like southern ohio. you go across the appalachian trail and down the ohio river, a lot of these voters could be republicans. i will make a personal note here. a lot of americans of all incomes have struggled the last few years and the risk for governor romney is that it's insulting to them. as a kid, my family was on food stamps for a few years when my dad got sick. we didn't feel entitled and we weren't victims and my father was pretty embarrassed about the whole thing. in the end my mother was grateful she was able to feed her kids. >> alice? >> well, i think john makes a very good point. but it's important to look at that speech he gave at that event in its full context, that he's talking about making sure that they're informed about the contrast between romney and obama, and what governor romney wants to do, he supports the middle class, whereas we heard from the president who supports redistribution of wealth. look what we have after almost four years. we have a shrinki
there are downscale white voters, critical to the republican coalition in places like west virginia, in places like southern ohio. you go across the appalachian trail and down the ohio river, a lot of these voters could be republicans. i will make a personal note here. a lot of americans of all incomes have struggled the last few years and the risk for governor romney is that it's insulting to them. as a kid, my family was on food stamps for a few years when my dad got sick. we didn't feel...
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there are varying polls on virginia. virginia is looking strong for president obama but it's all over the map. president obama certainly has more paths to victory than mitt romney. he has to win florida and ohio and pick up nevada, colorado, iowa, new hampshire, wisconsin's in play. polls a snapshot of where we are now. you're right, it was before all of this tumult in the middle east began again. to the extent they represent a trend line tells us something. ohio is the only one of the three you mentioned that i think republicans are beginning to think is light blue and may be gone. >> maria, the advantage that the republicans and romney have, they're probably going to have a lot more money given the super pac contributions that they've amassed over these final weeks. how significant is that in ohio, in florida, in virginia and some of these other battleground states? >> it could potentially be very significant, wolf. while i'll say that i feel really good about where president obama is right now, there's still a long ti
there are varying polls on virginia. virginia is looking strong for president obama but it's all over the map. president obama certainly has more paths to victory than mitt romney. he has to win florida and ohio and pick up nevada, colorado, iowa, new hampshire, wisconsin's in play. polls a snapshot of where we are now. you're right, it was before all of this tumult in the middle east began again. to the extent they represent a trend line tells us something. ohio is the only one of the three...
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is he in woodbridge, virginia. later on he will speak via satellite to the folks at the aarp convention down in new orleans. president on the campaign trail of virginia battleground state, by the way. latest cnn poll showing him up 50% to romney's 44% of likely voters there in virginia. let's move on now and talk about who can keep america safe. that will be one of the big questions on voters' minds when they go to the polls this november. we'll take a look at the security plans that two candidates are offering up. you know how to dance... with a deadline. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. this is awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is, business pro. yes, it is. go national. go like a pro. layaway's back. so you can pay a little at a time. yes! call me ms. lucky ducky from kentucky! okiephenokie. [ male announcer ] layaway's back. earlier than ever. through december 14th. walma
is he in woodbridge, virginia. later on he will speak via satellite to the folks at the aarp convention down in new orleans. president on the campaign trail of virginia battleground state, by the way. latest cnn poll showing him up 50% to romney's 44% of likely voters there in virginia. let's move on now and talk about who can keep america safe. that will be one of the big questions on voters' minds when they go to the polls this november. we'll take a look at the security plans that two...
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mitt romney appeared just a short while ago in springfield, virginia. virginia, as you know, one of the nine remaining states very much so in play. now, a lot of republicans are talking of the upcoming debates and romney's best chance to turn things around. this is newt gingrich. >> i think it depends almost entirely on mitt personally. i debated him and most of them i did pretty well. the last two down to life and death and we were in florida and he was in danger of losing the nomination, he came in fired up decisive prepared, aggressive, energetic and to be honest i think he beat me both times. if he would be as direct as assertive, as firm with barack obama as he was with me in florida he'll win the debate going away and within three days the polls will change dramatically because he'll ha the case we cannot afford four more years of barack obama. >> so that first debate is next wednesday in denver and did you know that early voting has for the first time today voting in a swing state, iowa. guess who's there john king. iowa city, iowa. john, are you
mitt romney appeared just a short while ago in springfield, virginia. virginia, as you know, one of the nine remaining states very much so in play. now, a lot of republicans are talking of the upcoming debates and romney's best chance to turn things around. this is newt gingrich. >> i think it depends almost entirely on mitt personally. i debated him and most of them i did pretty well. the last two down to life and death and we were in florida and he was in danger of losing the...
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. >> virginia and in wisconsin both the democrats. >> well, a few days ago the republicans was up. let's see what happens election day. you know, the governor has said a couple of times the election is about republicans who won't let things happen. you know, this election really should be about what happened the first two years of the obama administration, and democrats should have been able to do anything they wanted to do, and now is when that should pay off. we shouldn't be worried about what happened last month and how that impacts the economy because, frankly, we've had no budget, no appropriations bills. the majority in the senate, i think, will change because people are tired of a senate that won't do the things that need to be done. >> let me ask you about the state of the race in missouri. this is where you had congressman akin who made a ve controversial remark, which you condemn, which others condemn. you, in fact, said at the time we do not believe it sefshz the national interest for congressman todd akin to stay in the race for senate. the issues at stake are too big,
. >> virginia and in wisconsin both the democrats. >> well, a few days ago the republicans was up. let's see what happens election day. you know, the governor has said a couple of times the election is about republicans who won't let things happen. you know, this election really should be about what happened the first two years of the obama administration, and democrats should have been able to do anything they wanted to do, and now is when that should pay off. we shouldn't be...
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before barack obama turned virginia blue, who was the last democrat to win the state in the presidential election? yeah, that's a good one. you can tweet me the answer. i'll let you know who gets the right answer first. you can try snapshot from progressive before you switch your insurance. [ horn honks ] just plug snapshot into your car, and drive like you -- to see if your good driving could save you up to 30%. so try the way to save that's as unique as you are. now you can test-drive snapshot before you switch. visit progressive.com today. mom: ready t♪ go to work? ♪ ♪ ♪ every mom needs a little helper. that's why i got a subaru. announcer: love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >>> before the break, i asked who was the last democrat before barack obama to win virginia? the answer is lbj. johnson carried the state in 1964. a big congratulations to mike bates for tweeting me the right answer first. nicely done. >>> welcome back once again. maria cardona and amy holmes are with me talking politics. amy, cnn has learned that in the vice presidential vetting process, the romney
before barack obama turned virginia blue, who was the last democrat to win the state in the presidential election? yeah, that's a good one. you can tweet me the answer. i'll let you know who gets the right answer first. you can try snapshot from progressive before you switch your insurance. [ horn honks ] just plug snapshot into your car, and drive like you -- to see if your good driving could save you up to 30%. so try the way to save that's as unique as you are. now you can test-drive...
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baltimore, washington, virginia, temperatures only around upper 50s and 60s. back to you. >> all right. thanks so much. >>> so while you were sleeping, these people were waiting all night outdoors. we have a live picture. this is in new york city. the iphone 5 goes on sale later this morning. are you waiting with bated breath? we're going to take you there live coming up. we've all had those moments. when you lost the thing you can't believe you lost. when what you just bought, just broke. or when you have a little trouble a long way from home... as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. a short word that's a tall order. up your game. up the ante. and if you stumble, you get back up. up isn't easy, and we ought to know. we're in the business of up. everyday delta flies a quarter of million people while investing billions improving everything from booking to baggage claim. we're raising the bar on flying and tomorrow we will up
baltimore, washington, virginia, temperatures only around upper 50s and 60s. back to you. >> all right. thanks so much. >>> so while you were sleeping, these people were waiting all night outdoors. we have a live picture. this is in new york city. the iphone 5 goes on sale later this morning. are you waiting with bated breath? we're going to take you there live coming up. we've all had those moments. when you lost the thing you can't believe you lost. when what you just bought,...
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country, so it's a little unsettled over knoxville, tennessee, further off towards charlottesville, virginia, but most of the country for labor day itself does look good, randi, so that's some good news. i think the latter part of this holiday weekend will be better than the soggy start that isaac is bringing. >> all right. that is some good news, bonnie. thank you. >> sure. >>> mitt romney is just about to speak in his so-called victory rally in cincinnati. we are awaiting his speech here on cnn. we'll bring it to you live, but let's chat a little bit about this with republican analyst amy holmes in new york and democratic strategist maria cardona in washington. maria, let me start with you on this one. mitt romney's certainly trying to ride this convention wave to victory. what do we expect to hear today? what do you think people do need to hear from romney today? >> well, i think what he really needs to start doing is something that he really didn't do at the convention, which is fill in the blanks. you know, he talked a lot about generalities, which frankly is what he's been doing throug
country, so it's a little unsettled over knoxville, tennessee, further off towards charlottesville, virginia, but most of the country for labor day itself does look good, randi, so that's some good news. i think the latter part of this holiday weekend will be better than the soggy start that isaac is bringing. >> all right. that is some good news, bonnie. thank you. >> sure. >>> mitt romney is just about to speak in his so-called victory rally in cincinnati. we are awaiting...
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. >> during a rally in virginia yesterday, romney was interrupted by a protester who shouted "why are you politicizing libya?" >>> coming up governor romney's chances of winning the white house not looking good in some must-win states, at least when you take a snapshot of the polls today. new polls from the battlegrounds as we hit the home stretch of 2012. [ male announcer ] when a major hospital wanted to provide better employee benefits while balancing the company's bottom line, their very first word was... [ to the tune of "lullaby and good night" ] ♪ af-lac ♪ ♪ aflac ♪ [ male announcer ] find out more at... [ duck ] aflac! [ male announcer ] ...forbusiness.com. [ yawning sound ] [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. in what world do potatoes bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. ♪ ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon... creamy cheese... [ whispers ] 100 calories... [ chef ] ma'am [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>> a beautiful live shot of the capitol there in washington. 64 degrees going to 85 today. beautiful, beautiful day. >> will they get a
. >> during a rally in virginia yesterday, romney was interrupted by a protester who shouted "why are you politicizing libya?" >>> coming up governor romney's chances of winning the white house not looking good in some must-win states, at least when you take a snapshot of the polls today. new polls from the battlegrounds as we hit the home stretch of 2012. [ male announcer ] when a major hospital wanted to provide better employee benefits while balancing the company's...
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this guy is a supervisor in loudoun county, virginia. the plaintiffs are going to prevail in this case. >> so, richard, what is at stake here? a few things the couple is pursuing, you know, their right to privacy being violated and the misuse of their photo, the photographer, too, is involved saying it's coright infringement. to what extent does this couple the photographer have to go to prove their case? >> yeah, fred, i think the only thing that will protect them is the fact that it was copyright protected. and i don't know how they chose the copyright protect this picture because, you know, i don't know that the law is crystal clear on this. if you take a picture and you post it on the internet and other people use that picture or do things to that picture y don't know what protections you as an individual have. once you put it out there into the main stream. but here there was a copyright protection. >> it's the photographer's copyright, not the individuals. they have an appropriation claim, but it's the photographer's copyright clai
this guy is a supervisor in loudoun county, virginia. the plaintiffs are going to prevail in this case. >> so, richard, what is at stake here? a few things the couple is pursuing, you know, their right to privacy being violated and the misuse of their photo, the photographer, too, is involved saying it's coright infringement. to what extent does this couple the photographer have to go to prove their case? >> yeah, fred, i think the only thing that will protect them is the fact that...
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virginia, 49% for obama. 44% for romney. that's florida. but same in virginia. 49/44. three battleground states. romney needs these three states if he's going to be elected. how worried are you right now that he's just not doing well? >> well, i think if you believe the polls, you would be worried, and certainly we have work to do. we've got a long way to go. but i think the lesson here, if you get the policy right, the politics will follow. let me give you an example. when barack obama decided that we were going to go in and help the french and nato to do something about libya the saying goes, if you break it, you own it. and i was talking to some folks today inside the state department and they told me that the security firm, it's called academy, the formally known firm of blackwater. academy was actually set to go in and provide security for the ambassador in libya. they have been waiting. they've done some preliminary evaluations, but for two months, they have been waiting while the state department decides to get the paperwork right. so we really got to look i thi
virginia, 49% for obama. 44% for romney. that's florida. but same in virginia. 49/44. three battleground states. romney needs these three states if he's going to be elected. how worried are you right now that he's just not doing well? >> well, i think if you believe the polls, you would be worried, and certainly we have work to do. we've got a long way to go. but i think the lesson here, if you get the policy right, the politics will follow. let me give you an example. when barack obama...
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pennsylvania, michigan, florida, or virginia? the answer many 60 seconds. >>> before the break i asked you if you move the answer to this question. which of these swing states has the largest mof muslim voters? is it pennsylvania, michigan, florida, or virginia? well, if you are playing along at home, the aswer is pennsylvania. now, new york and california have the highest numbers overall, but they are not considered swing states. >>> on tuesday it will be two weeks since protests against an anti-islam film made in the u.s. began, but the outrage and in some instances violence is not just about insulting the prophet muhammad. earlier i spoke to "new york times" columnist nick krzysztof. he wrote behind the passion behind the protest in his column m "new york times" called exploiting the prophet. >> i think there are a few things going on here, and one is in a sense television can fashion few the degree of protest out there. you know, in libya, for example, there is a pretty small mof people who are ptesting against the video, and
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they thought perhaps we have this thing because we've got folks out in virginia. that was making history. that had not happened, a democrat getting that state since 1964. lyndon johnson. you know have an opportunity, the president, i think to do it again. how does the romney campaign respond to that? >> reporter: that's right. if pdent oma were to win the state of virginia because no democrat hadjohnson in 1964, hee first democrat to do it twice in a generation. so obviously it is a big challenge for the president to try to win this critical battleground state one more time. that's why mitt romney is in the state today trying to take it away from him. this state, let's be honest about this, is very critical in terms of putting together the electoral map that the romney campaign needs to win this election. and it was no surprise to see both of these campaigns going back and forth over issues of national defense. mitt ry re jt about an hour ago talking about this and talking about those looming defense budget cuts that are coming as part of that fiscal cliff that we
they thought perhaps we have this thing because we've got folks out in virginia. that was making history. that had not happened, a democrat getting that state since 1964. lyndon johnson. you know have an opportunity, the president, i think to do it again. how does the romney campaign respond to that? >> reporter: that's right. if pdent oma were to win the state of virginia because no democrat hadjohnson in 1964, hee first democrat to do it twice in a generation. so obviously it is a big...
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but what are voters saying in virginia? >> this is a state with the unemployment rate below the national average. but there's still a lot of economic uncertainty and a good deal of it is tied it that nasty word sequestration. virginia has the highest spending federal spending per capita in the country. it's second in defense spending. so there's a lot of money flowing through this economy courtesy of uncle sam. people are jittery about that. >> so that should mean it that mitt romney's doing quite well in the state, yet president obama is up by 7 percentage points. why do you think that is? >> well, there's a very different electorate focusing on this presidential campaign. there are more people paying attention to it. this is a virginia this is distinguished by a multihughed electorate, no longer simply black and white. there have been significant increases in the number of asians and latinos, now about 33% ethnic in virginia now. these folks are not registered in quite the same numbers, they are engaged politically and th
but what are voters saying in virginia? >> this is a state with the unemployment rate below the national average. but there's still a lot of economic uncertainty and a good deal of it is tied it that nasty word sequestration. virginia has the highest spending federal spending per capita in the country. it's second in defense spending. so there's a lot of money flowing through this economy courtesy of uncle sam. people are jittery about that. >> so that should mean it that mitt...
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how sensitive is this issue in virginia? i know in florida, new york, where there's large jewish population -- >> support for israel is bipartisan, i went with 50 mayors to jerusalem. i was prime minister netanyahu's guest in april of 2009. virgin yans don't question my commitment to the u.s./israel relationship. >> it's still a little awkward on this day when we should be talking about a lot of other stuff and people don't even pay that much attention to the platform we're talking about. so let's move on. >> all right. >> talk a little bit about these latest polls. you saw in our overall poll romney didn't get much of a bounce. >> right. >> one point in this 48%-48% right now. but take a look at this among independent voters out there. before the convention obama had 45%, romney 48%. now obama's down to 42%, romney 52%. that's a ten-point gap among likely independent voters. >> as your polling indicates, any kind of analysis of a post-convention bump, this has been the smallest i believe since bob dole's 1996 convention. an
how sensitive is this issue in virginia? i know in florida, new york, where there's large jewish population -- >> support for israel is bipartisan, i went with 50 mayors to jerusalem. i was prime minister netanyahu's guest in april of 2009. virgin yans don't question my commitment to the u.s./israel relationship. >> it's still a little awkward on this day when we should be talking about a lot of other stuff and people don't even pay that much attention to the platform we're talking...